Cloud, who served on the board for the last two years, commended Cole and said he plans to focus on “students and teachers” in his upcoming term.

“I want to thank James Cole for running. He’s a great guy, and he had a good, clean campaign,” he said. “I also want to thank my church, my family, my wife, my kids, Faye Abernathy, Rick Harrison, my Cove Landing neighbors and the whole Zone 1 that came out and voted. I’m humbled by the support I received.”

Smith will continue her work on the board after serving for 12 years.

“I appreciate the opportunity to serve again,” she said. “It’s a wonderful district. We have wonderful teachers and administrators, and it goes without saying that it’s a fabulous school district.”

Smith said she plans to focus on creating new opportunities for the Arkansas River Valley’s youth through her continued involvement in student programs.

“There’s quite a few projects I work on to give students in Russellville and surrounding school districts opportunities they wouldn’t normally have,” she said. “If you can provide opportunities and they do things they’ve never done before, then they will grow and they will mature and they will become productive citizens, and they just mature in this process.”

Davis, who’s served on the Russellville School Board for three years, said she thinks the board’s first focus should be breaking in its new members — Wesley White and Randy Campbell, who both ran uncontested for the district’s two at-large positions.

“I’m very excited to be back on the board again,” Davis said. “We’ll have some new board members and I think it’ll be really important for us to work together and be on the same page, and make sure we know what’s going on and that we’re doing what’s best for the students.”

Davis commended Roulston, saying she was kind and gracious throughout the entire election.

While Davis said she was grateful to be reelected, she said she was disappointed in the election’s low voter turnout.

“I hate that the turnout was so low,” she said. “I wish more people would get out and get involved and vote for a school board election.”

Seven hundred eighty seven voters casted their votes in the election.

White said he hopes to influence the district in a new way after spending 21 years as principal of the Russellville High School.

“I look forward to serving in a different role, and that’s working with these other board members I think highly of, and I hope I can be half as good as David Eddy and Kevin Moore, who have been excellent members, as well as many others I’ve watched and worked with over the years,” he said. “We’ve been real fortunate to have good board members, and it’s important to support this outstanding school district. We’ll do the very best we can to serve these students with the resources we have.”

White retired from the high school in May.

Russellville School Board incumbents Morgan Barrett and Allen George will return to the board after running unopposed, filling seats for zones 2 and 4, respectively.